On this day in Music History Oct. 8, 1968 Mama Cass Elliot appears as a solo act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The fourteen day, $40,000 a week engagement was abruptly canceled when opening night proved to be a disaster. Cass has tonsillitis and her band is poorly rehearsed. Newsweek magazine had this to say about her performance, "Like some great ocean liner embarking on an ill-fated maiden voyage, Mama Cass slid down the ways and sank to the bottom." "**Don't Call Me Mama Anymore**" is a 197